Gritty Navod Paranavithana shines on opening day

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A tame opening day of the 2nd U19 Test saw Sri Lanka U19s reach 219/9 in 90 overs against the visiting Bangladeshis at the FTZ grounds in Katunayake.

The hosts who won the toss and batted first were troubled right throughout their innings by Shain Alam who went on to capture a miserly 5/37 as the Sri Lanka U19s run rate barely got close to three runs per over throughout the day.

The Sri Lanka U19s lost their skipper, Nipun Dhananjaya, for a duck before Kamil Mishara and Navod Paranavithana looked in full flow while resurrecting the innings from the early loss.

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The duo added 115 valuable runs for the second wicket before Mishara(52) fell just after reaching his half century.

Paranavithana continued to fight against some quality bowling while Sri Lanka continued to lose wickets at regular intervals.

Towhid Hridoy also joined in the party for Bangladesh U19s as the hosts continued to stumble, including the dismissal of Navod Paranavithana for 79 off 153 balls.

The hosts who were 122/1 at one stage lost 8/73 to be reduced to 195/9 before their last pair batted them to safety with an unbroken stand of 24*.

Tomorrow is day two of the four day Test and Bangladesh U19s lead the series 1-0 after a tense win last week.









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Full Scorecard

Sri Lanka U19

226/10 & 233/9

(92 overs)

Result

Ban U19

109/10 & 276/10

(83.1 overs)

SLU19 won by 74 runs

Sri Lanka U19’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Navod Paranavithana c T Hridoy b S Alam 79 153
Nipun Dananjaya c R Hossain b S Alam 0 13
Kamil Mishara lbw by R Hasan 52 96
Mohomed Shamaz b S Alam 10 34
Sonal Dinusha c A Ali b M Chowdhury 8 36
Janishka Perera c A Ali b S Alam 0 1
Sandun Mendis c S Hossain b S Alam 10 26
Chaminda Wijesinghe c M Hasan b R Hossain 17 66
Ashan Daniel c R Hossain b M Chowdhury 3 26
Naveen Fernando not out 20 64
Rohan Sanjaya b M Chowdhury 14 33
Extras
13 (b 6, lb 3, nb 2, w 2)
Total
226/10 (91 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-0 (N Dananjaya, 5.1 ov), 2-122 (K Mishara, 37.5 ov), 3-144 (N Paranavithana, 48.3 ov), 4-149 (M Shamaz, 50.1 ov), 5-149 (J Perera, 50.2 ov), 6-167 (S Mendis, 58.1 ov), 7-167 (S Dinusha, 60.6 ov), 8-176 (A Daniel, 68.5 ov), 9-195 (C Wijesinghe, 80.1 ov), 10-226 (N Fernando, 90.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Mittunjoy Chowdhury 25 6 52 2 2.08
Sahin Alam 14 4 37 5 2.64
Shamim Hossain 9 3 16 0 1.78
Towhid Hridoy 7 2 25 0 3.57
Rishad Hossain 15 2 50 1 3.33
Rakibul Hasan 21 6 37 1 1.76

Ban U19’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Tanzid Hasan c N Fernando b R Sanjaya 50 55
Sajd Hossain c K Mishara b R Sanjaya 22 37
Hassan Joy b A Daniel 0 3
Towhid Hridoy b A Daniel 1 8
Shamim Hossain lbw by A Daniel 3 11
Akbar Ali c K Mishara b R Sanjaya 1 16
Amite Hasan c A Daniel b R Sanjaya 0 7
Rakibul Hasan not out 15 44
Mittunjoy Chowdhury lbw by A Daniel 3 14
Rishad Hossain b A Daniel 0 4
Sahin Alam lbw by R Sanjaya 0 19
Extras
14 (b 8, lb 4, nb 2)
Total
109/10 (36 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-77 (S Hossain, 11.5 ov), 2-78 (H Joy, 12.5 ov), 3-82 (T Hridoy, 14.6 ov), 4-90 (S Hossain, 18.2 ov), 5-90 (T Hasan, 19.2 ov), 6-90 (A Hasan, 21.3 ov), 7-91 (A Ali, 23.1 ov), 8-94 (M Chowdhury, 26.4 ov), 9-94 (R Hossain, 28.2 ov), 10-109 (S Alam, 35.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Naveen Fernando 3 0 19 0 6.33
Chamindu Wijesinghe 5 1 22 0 4.40
Ashan Daniel 15 4 37 5 2.47
Rohan Sanjaya 11 4 17 5 1.55
Sandun Mendis 2 0 2 0 1.00

Sri Lanka U19’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Navod Paranavithana st. A Ali b T Hridoy 36 62
Nipun Dananjaya c T Hasan b R Hasan 23 28
Kamil Mishara c T Hasan b R Hasan 13 70
Mohomed Shamaz st. A Ali b R Hasan 14 84
Sonal Dinusha c T Hasan b R Hasan 37 98
Janishka Perera c A Hasan b S Alam 0 24
Sandun Mendis c S Hossain b R Hasan 36 71
Chamindu Wijesinghe lbw by R Hasan 55 69
Naveen Fernando c T Hasan b R Hasan 0 3
Ashan Daniel not out 10 29
Rohan Sanjaya not out 1 16
Extras
8 (b 4, lb 1, nb 2, w 1)
Total
233/9 (92 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-47 (N Dananjaya, 10.5 ov), 2-61 (N Paranavithana, 20.5 ov), 3-82 (K Mishara, 33.4 ov), 4-111 (M Shamaz, 48.5 ov), 5-120 (J Perera, 55.6 ov), 6-134 (S Dinusha, 56.1 ov), 7-215 (C Wijesinghe, 80.3 ov), 8-215 (N Fernando, 81.6 ov), 9-222 (S Mendis, 85.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Sahin Alam 14 1 31 1 2.21
Shamim Hossain 4 1 12 0 3.00
Rakibul Hasan 42 10 93 7 2.21
Towhid Hridoy 8 2 24 1 3.00
Rishad Hossain 10 1 41 0 4.10
Mittunjoy Chowdhury 14 7 27 0 1.93

Ban U19’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Tanzid Hasan lbw by R Sanjaya 37 48
Sajd Hossain c K Mishara b R Sanjaya 36 80
Towhid Hridoy c K Mishara b S Mendis 18 48
Amite Hasan b R Sanjaya 16 53
Shamim Hossain c J Perera b S Mendis 13 34
Akbar Ali b R Sanjaya 90 113
Rakibul Hasan c R Sanjaya b S Mendis 4 7
Mrittunjoy Chowdhury c N Paranavithana b A Daniel 23 21
Mahmudul Joy lbw by C Wijesinghe 26 74
Rishad Hossain lbw by R Sanjaya 0 19
Sahin Alam not out 0 4
Extras
13 (b 7, nb 2, w 4)
Total
276/10 (83.1 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-66 (T Hasan, 13.4 ov), 2-84 (S Hossain, 26.2 ov), 3-112 (T Hridoy, 37.2 ov), 4-122 (A Hasan, 40.4 ov), 5-128 (S Hossain, 45.4 ov), 6-144 (R Hasan, 47.5 ov), 7-174 (M Chowdhury, 53.4 ov), 8-240 (M Joy, 74.2 ov), 9-269 (R Hossain, 81.4 ov), 10-276 (A Ali, 83.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Naveen Fernando 2 0 6 0 3.00
Chamindu Wijesinghe 7 1 23 1 3.29
Ashan Daniel 24 6 87 1 3.63
Rohan Sanjaya 35.1 5 96 5 2.74
Sandun Mendis 11 1 45 3 4.09
Navod Paranavithana 4 0 12 0 3.00